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Treatment of Persistent Hiccups with a Single Session of Gabapentin Therapy -A report of 2 cases-

Gabapentin 단독요법을 이용한 지속적 딸꾹질의 치료 경험 -증례 보고-

  • You, Sie Hyun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Kim, Chun Sook (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Kim, Bung Heum (Department of Orthopedics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Seo, Hwan Joo (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Kang, Kyu Sik (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
  • 유시현 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학교실) ;
  • 김천숙 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학교실) ;
  • 김병흠 (순천향대학교 의과대학 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 서환주 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학교실) ;
  • 강규식 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학교실)
  • Received : 2005.06.28
  • Accepted : 2005.09.29
  • Published : 2005.12.10
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Abstract

Hiccups are due to an intermittent clonic spasm of the diaphragm. In most cases, hiccups are self-limiting disease, but persistent hiccups may be related to the presence of serious underlying systemic disease. Two patients who had persistent hiccups that were not controled by conventional methods and medications were referred to the pain clinic. We administered a single oral medication of gabapentin, and then the hiccups disappeared in both cases. We concluded that gabapentin should be considered as an alternative therapy to control persistent or intractable hiccup. It could be particularly useful for those patients with solid malignancies, either alone or as an "add-on therapy" with other oral agents.

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